METEOROLOGICAL TABLES, extracted from the Register kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Calton-hill.
N.B.-The Observations are made twice every day, at nine o'clock, forenoon, and four o'clock, after- noon. The second Observation in the afternoon, in the first column, is taken by the Register Thermometer.
APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c.
Brevet J. F. de Burgh, late Lt. Col. h. p. rank of Lt. Col. upon Continent of Europe only 12 Jan. 1826
Capt. Locker, 34 F. Maj. in the Army 19 July 1821
2 L. G. Capt M. of Carmarthen, from 17 Dr. Capt. vice Lord G. Bentinck, 75 F.
7 Jan. 1826 R.H.G. Ens. Lord Elphinstone, from 14 F. Cor. by purch. vice Lord A. Conyngham, prom. 28 do.
As. Surg. Hair, from 43 F. Surg. vice Slow, h. p.
Lieut. Hill, Adj. vice Hirst, res. Adj. only
Hosp. Assist. Forrest, Assist. Surg. vice Rutledge, 55 F. 9 Feb. Lieut. O'Reilly, from 3 Vet. Bn. Lieut. vice George, Af. Col. Corps 8 Apr. 1825 Ens. Stewart, from 2 Vet. Bn. 2d Lieut.
7 do. J. Macdonald, 2d Lieut. by purch. vice Evelegh, prom. 28 Jan. 1826 2d Lieut. and Adj. Young, rank of st Lieut. 2 Feb. Ens. Goulden, from 2d W.I.R. Ens. vice St Quintin, prom.
Maitland, Lieut. by purch. vice
Campbell, prom.
Sterling, from 16 F. Ens.
J. J. Grove, Ens. by purch. vice Griffiths, prom.
Hosp. Assist. Sidey, Assist. Surg. do. Lieut. Babington, Capt. by purch. vice Brocksbank, prom.
J. N. Fraser, do. vice Whally, superseded
Ens. Congreve, Lieut. by purch. vice
Deedes, prom.
C. Humfrey, Ens.
Ens. Dixon, Lieut. by purch. vice Cheape,
J. M. T. Borton, Ens.
Lieut. Col. Baumgardt, from h. p. Lieut. Col. paying diff. vice Fearon, 64 F.
Ens. Ross, from 3 Vet. Bn. Ens.
7 Apr. 1825 M'Kay, from 1 Vet. Bn. Ens. do. Hosp. Assist. Murray, Assist. Surg. 12 Jan. 1826 Lieut. Thain, Capt. vice Tench, dead 26 do. Ens. Mackay, Lieut. vice Gibson, dead 2 Feb. Lieut. Elliot, from R. Eng. Lieut. 9 do. G. Talbot, Ens. 2 do. Lieut. Galloway, Adj. vice Thain, prom. 9 do. Brev. Maj. Lynch, from 3 Vet. Bn. Capt. 7 Apr. 1825 Ens. Walsh, from 3 Vet. Bn. Ens. do. Lt. Cross, from 49 F. Lt. vice Stewart, h. p. 74 F. 12 Jan. 1826 H. W. E. Warburton, Ens. by purch. vice Harley, 87 F. 19 do. Lt. Mackay, h. p. vice Hardman, dead, 1 Aug. 1825
19 Jan. 1826 Capt. Chambre, from 75 F. Capt. vice M. of Carmarthen, 2 Life Gds. 7 do.
by parch. vice St Clair, prom. 18 Feb. Lieut. Cross, Capt. by purch. vice Mac- dougall, ret. 12 Jan.
Surg. Armstrong, from Ceylon R. Surg. vice Sandford, dead
prom. Capt. Smith, from 3 Vet. Bn. Capt.
8 Apr. 1825 Ens. Childers, Lt. vice Russell, dead. 13 May Hosp. As. Brown, As. Surg. vice Hare, R. Horse Gds. 12 Jan. 1826 Ens. Varlo, Lt. vice Duke, dead
1 Sept. 1825 As. Surg. Malloch, from 16 Dr. Surg. vice O'Flaherty, dead 2 Feb. 1826 Lt. Hill. Capt. vice Parsons, dead,
17 July 1825 do. 26 Jan. 1826 Lt. Grubbe, from h. p. 74 F. Lt. vice Cross, 36 F. 12 do. Ens. Bartley, Lt. by purch. vice J. Briggs, 63 F. 19 do
4. At Leith, Mr William Dick, shipowner, to Miss Crouden, Madeira Street.
At Farnham, Surrey, Thomas Pearse, of Highway House, Froyle, Hants, Esq. to the Hon. Caroline Kerr, eldest daughter of the late Lord Charles Beauchamp Kerr, and niece of the late Marquis of Lothian.
4. At Glasgow, Alex. Glasgow, Esq. merchant, to Helen, youngest daughter of the late William Smith, Esq.
5. At Stirling, John Murray, Esq. of Livilands, to Anne, daughter of the late Major Alex. Mac- gregor of Balhaldies.
6. At Laverock Bank, Dr William Cullen, to Henrietta, youngest daughter of Sir Henry Jar- dine, King's Remembrancer of the Court of Ex- chequer in Scotland.
12. At Whitby, the Rev. George Young, M.A. author of the History of Whitby, &c. to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr Robert Hunter of that place.
- At Cartmel Church, Lancashire, Alexander Murray, Esq. Advocate, son of the late William Murray, Esq. of Polmaise, to Johnina, second daughter of the late John Wilkinson, Esq. of Castlehead and Brymbo.
13. At Edinburgh, William Horton Lloyd, Esq. of Bedford Place, London, to Mary, youngest daughter of George Whitelocke, Esq. of Seymour Place, Portman Square.
14. At Richmond, Surrey, the Earl of Clare, to the Hon. Elizabeth Julia Georgiana Burrell, only daughter of the late Lord Gwydir, and the Baroness Willoughby, of Eresby.
17. At Northumberland Street, Edinburgh, Andrew Johnston, younger of Rennyhill, Esq. Advocate, to Barbara, eldest daughter of David Pearson, Esq.
-At Lochmaben, Matthew Graham, Esq. of Priesthead, to Robina, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Henry Laurie, minister of Lochmaben.
At Dysart, William Hunt, Esq. Writer to the Signet, to Mary, only daughter of James Nor- mand of Baltilly, Esq.
18. At Lord Ravensworth's, Portland Place, London, Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. to the Hon. Anne Elizabeth Liddell.
19. Francis Grant, Esq. second son of the late Francis Grant, Esq. of Kilgraston, to Miss Far- quharson, eldest daughter of the late Captain Far- quharson Ross of Invercauld.
20. At St George's, Hanover Square, London, James Macdonald, Esq. M.P., to Anne Charlotte, youngest daughter of the Rev. J. S. Ogle, of Kirk- ley-Hall, Northumberland.
25. At Edinburgh, the Rev. James Grant, jun. first minister of South Leith, to Miss Jessie Ann Campbell, widow of Major Archibald Campbell of Bragleen.
-At Glasgow, Robert Urquhart, Esq. mer- chant there, to Jane, daughter of David M'Huffie, Esq. of Overton.
-At Glasgow, Walter Crum, Esq. merchant, to Jessie, youngest daughter of William Graham, sen. Esq.
At Paris, Henry Harvey, Esq. of St Audries, in Somersetshire, to Agnes, daughter of Alexan- der Ramsay, Esq. formerly of the Hon. East India Company's Civil Service at Bombay.
26. At Edinburgh, Captain William J. Hope Johnstone, of the Royal Navy, to Eleanora Kirk- patrick, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Kirkpa- trick of Closeburn, Bart.
27. At Edinburgh, Captain D'Arcey Went- worth, 75d regiment, to Elizabeth, third daugh- ter of the late Major Charles Macpherson, Inspec- tor-General of Barracks for North Britain.
-At Greenock, James Boyd, Esq. surgeon, Hon. East India Company's service, to Isabella, second daughter of John Pringle, Esq. Greenock.
28. At Crathes, Captain Thomas Ramsay, se- cond son of the late Sir Alexander Ramsay of Bal- main, Bart. to Margaret, youngest daughter of Sir Robert Burnett of Leys, Bart.
Lately. At Edinburgh, James Lawson, Esq. W.S., to Margaret, youngest daughter of the de- ceased Mr John Clark, Edinburgh.
October 1825. On board his Majesty's ship Boa- dicea, at Rangoon, in the 21st year of his age,
Thomas Mure, Esq. youngest son of the late Thomas Mure, Esq. of Warriston.
9. At Agra, John Burnet, assistant-surgeon, se- cond son of the late K. W. Burnett, Esq. of Mon- boddo.
10. At Cochin, Captain James Craig, late of the Hon. East India Company's 9th Regiment of Na- tive Infantry, son of the deceased Robert Craig, younger of Setonhill.
Nov. While serving at Rangoon, Capt. Alexan- der, R.N. C B.
3. At Bombay, Capt. Gilbert Melville, 1st Re- giment Bombay Light Cavalry, son of the late Andrew Melville, Esq. Kennoway, Fifeshire.
14. At Hyderabad, Fleming Kelso, Esq. of the 13th Light Dragoons, youngest son of Colonel Kelso of Dankeith.
28. At Abmednaggur, Lieut James Marjori banks, of the 3d Regiment of Native Infantry, on the Bombay Establishment, son of Alexander Marjoribanks, Esq. of Marjoribanks.
Jan. 13, 1826. On board the ship Pomona, while on a voyage to Jamaica, Lieut.-Colonel Mark Howard Drummond of Kelly, late of the 72d or Albany Highlanders.
15. At Jordanhill estate, island of Trinidad, Francis Brown, Esq.
Feb. At New Orleans, Mr Robert Bogle, mer- chant there, formerly of Glasgow.
4. At Rome, Lieut. William Wemyss Fraser, of the 44th Regiment, youngest son of the late Mr John Fraser, Khives, Sutherlandshire.
19. At Mamee Gully, in the Island of Jamaica, Mrs Shand, wife of William Shand, of Arnhall, Esq.
March 1. At St Thomas, Mr Archibald Gal- braith.
18. At Edinburgh, Mr William Stark, sen., builder.
- In London, Mrs Jane Smith, wife of Andrew Paton, Esq. soap-manufacturer there.
- At No. 94, George Street, Helen, infant daughter of Mr Brown, accountant.
At Haddington, Georgina, youngest daugh- ter of Mr James Millar, printer.
At Kendal, Mr Alexander Davidson, Lectu- rer in Natural Philosophy and Chemistry..
19. Mrs Guy, eldest daughter of the late Sir Francis Elliot of Stobbs, in the county of Rox- burgh, Bart.
At Whitethorn, Milnathort, Mr James Mor-
-At Edinburgh, Ann, the infant daughter of William M'Dowall, Esq. of Carruth.
21. At Aberdeen, George Kerr, Esq. surgeon. At Glasgow, Mr Robert Cross, engineer. At Kilduff, Mr George Murray.
At Redhall, Mrs Inglis, wife of John Inglis, Esq. of Auchindinny.
At her uncle's house, in Great King Street, Edinburgh, Miss Alison Tweedie, daughter of the deceased Mr Alex. Tweedie, late in Dreva.
22. At Lathallan, William Lindesay, Esq. of Balmungie.
- At Linlithgow, Mr John Fife, cloth-mer- chant there.
24. At Plymouth, William Richard Smith, Esq. Post Captain, R. N.
25. At his apartments, York-Buildings, Mary- la-bonne, London, Dr John Gray, late physician to Haslaar Hospital.
At the Manse of Berwick, on the 25th ult.. the Rev. James Thomson, minister of that parish, aged 80.
26. At Brown Square, John, eldest son of Mr James Usher.
At Kelso, Robert Turner, Esq. late Royal Mi- litary Surveyor.
28. At Dumfries, Mr Edward Dawson, writer. 28. At Hermitage Place, Leith, Andrew, infant son of Mr John Mackie.
At 30, Castle Street, Horatius, son of David Cannan, Esq. surgeon.
29. Colonel Delancey Barclay, of the Grenadier Guards, and aid-de-camp to the King.
29. At Edinburgh, Mrs Elizabeth Parks, widow of Mr John Auchterlonie.
-At Stone House, Cumberland, John Rich- ard, third son of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Hew Ross, K.C.B.
30. At Bishop Middleham, in the county of Dur-
At his house in Portsburgh, Mr Jas. Inglis. - At Edinburgh, George Russell, Esq. of Inch, wrlter to the signet.
3. At Edinburgh, James Bell, Esq. advocate. At Windsor Street, Cecil Joseph, youngest son of Samuel Joseph, Esq.
- At his house, in Smith's Place, Leith Walk, in the 63d year of his age, and 38th of his minis try, the Rev. Thomas Aitchison, pastor of the first United Associate Congregation, Leith.
1. At Leslie, Mrs Ireland, aged 79.
-At Knockbay, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Colonel John Porter of Knockbay.
- At Dreva, Mr John Tweedie, junior, writer in Edinburgh.
5 At the Mill of Arntully, parish of Kinclaven, Mr Thomas Stewart, in the 101st year of his age.
At 25, India Street, Robert Douglas, Esq. of Better Hope, Demarara.
-At Mayfield, May Ferguson Robertson, third daughter of the late James Robertson, Esq. writer to the signet.
At Leith, Charles John, eldest son of Lieut. Charles Smith, Royal Navy.
6. At Glasgow, Major Alexander Mackay, Lag- gan, Islay.
-At Shaftesbury House, Bayswater, William Davidson, Esq.
7 At Duke Street, Leith, Mr Anthony Laird, cooper and fish-curer there.
At Melville Mill, Lasswade, Mr Alexander Brown.
-At Edinburgh, Robert Beatson, youngest son of Mr W. A. Lawrie, writer to the signet.
7. At Portobello, Joseph Williamson, Esq. prin-, cipal clerk of teinds, aged 82.
8. At Edinburgh, Catherine Ann Bennett, wi- dow of Captain James Nicolson, of the Royal Navy.
9. At North St James's Street, Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Saunders, writer to the signet, and wife of Mr Thomas Be- veridge, writer, Edinburgh.
10. In the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, of typhus fever, caught in the discharge of his duty, Mr Samuel Gordon, physician's clerk.
- At Ann Street, Stockbridge, Christina Ho- garth, third daughter of Mr Alex. Ballantyne.
At Newtonlees, near Dunbar, aged 76, Mr Grive Wilson.
11. At Newton Don, near Kelso, after a very short illness, occasioned by a spasmodic affection of the stomach, Sir Alexander Don, Bart. M. P. of Newtondon.
At Edinburgh, Ann Elizabeth, eldest daugh- ter of Coll. Macdonald, Esq. writer to the signet. -At her house, Euston Place, New Road, London, the Hon. Mrs Boyd, widow of the Hon. Charles Boyd, and daughter of the deceased Alex. Lockhart, Esq. Lord Covington, one of the Sena- tors of the College of Justice.
At Edinburgh, the Rev. Duncan Forbes, M.
12. At Lanark, Captain John Todd.
13. At Edinburgh, in her 79th year, Mrs Helen Wait, relict of Mr John Tait, farmer in Roxburgh West Mains.
13. In Regent Street, London, Mrs Fauntleroy, mother of the late unhappy Henry Fauntleroy. 14. Agnes Baillie, daughter of Mr H. G. Dick- son, writer to the signet.
-At Monton Corbet, the only son of Colonel Hargreaves of Ornerod Hall, Lancashire.
13. At Dundonnell-house, Ross-shire, Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq. of Dundonnell.
16. At his seat of Nuthill, in the county of Fife, in the 82d year of his very active life, John Bruce, Esq. of Grangehill and Falkland.
At his house, in Minto Street, Newington, Thomas Riddell, Esq. younger of Cammiestown. At Norton Place, Mr John Nicholson. 17. At the manse of Muthill, the Rev. John Russell. At Newcastle, aged 67 years, the Rev. David M'Indoe of the Scotch church, in the Groat Market.
At Glasgow, Peter Buchanan, Esq. of Auch-
At Gallowberry, John Corrie, Esq. of Gal- lowberry.
At Leith, Mr William Hunter, tide-survey- or of customs there.
18. At Dalyell Lodge, John Charles, only son of John Dalyell, Esq.
At 17, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, Miss Isabella Wedderburn Scrymgeour, daughter of Henry Wedderburn, of Wedderburn and Birkhill, Esq.
At her house, Heriot Row, Mrs S. C. Camp- bell, relict of Major John Campbell of the 76th regiment of foɔt.
19. At her house, India Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Stewart of Stenton.
20. At Edinburgh, Mr James Millar, late writer and surveyer of taxes in the county of Fife.
- At Stirling, after a long illness, Hugh, eldest son of the late Alex. M'Lean, Esq. Auchatenny. aged 16 years.
At Edinburgh, James, youngest son of John Tawse, Esq. advocate.
21. At his house, Marine Cottage, Pirniefield, John Rhind, Esq. cashier to the Edinburgh Friendly Insurance Society.
At Nelson Street, Mr Thomas Ivory, en-
22. At West Lauriston, Elizabeth Hamilton Glen, youngest daughter of the late Captain Glen, Royal Navy.
At his seat, Conon House, after a short ill- ness, of inflammatory fever, Sir Hector Mac- kenzie of Gairloch, Bart., Lord Lieutenant of the county of Ross.
23. At Edinburgh, Lieutenant the Hon. Frede- rick Forbes, of the 17th regiment of foot, third son of General Lord Forbes, in his 23d year.
At 33, Ann Street, St Bernard's, Mrs Jean Lun- die, spouse of Mr Archibald Lundie, writer to the signet.
At Edinburgh, Miss Janet Leslie, only daugh- ter of the late George Lestie, Esq. of Coberty.
At India Street, Sophia Marianne, only daughter of the late Mr Douglas, Orchardfield Place.
24. At Kirkdale, Ramsay Hannay, Esq.
At No. 3, Mound Place, Mrs Jane Wright, widow of Mr Robert Norrie.
29. At Vogrie, James Dewar, Esq. of Vogrie. 30. At Bo'ness, William, second son of Mr Stephens of the grammar School.
At his lodgings, James' Square, D. J. Stew- art, Esq. apothecary to the forces.
Lately. At Carthagena, on his way to Bogota, in the service of the Colombian Republic, Colonel William Henry Hamilton.
At Paris, the Right Hon. Lady Susan Doug. las, a lady of considerable beauty, and most fas- cinating manners. Her Ladyship was daughter to the late, and sister to the present, Earl of Dun-
Acted Charades, No. 1. 558-No. II. 560 No. III. 564
Adamson, Gabriel, story of, 252 Africa, review of Denham and Clapperton's discoveries in, 687
Agriculture, remarks on, 287-Clamour against the corn laws, 289-Interests of agriculture, commerce, and manufactures undivided, 290-The new system of free trade considered, 294-Its operation on agriculture, 297-On the cultivation of light lands, 294-Consequences of al- lowing free importation of corn, 300- The ruin of agriculture must be follow- ed by those of commerce and manufac- tures, 302 Effects of a free trade in corn on the nation generally, 304-The restrictive system the foundation of the wealth, happiness, and grandeur of the country, 311
Airlie, Adam, the elder, and his family, story of, 254
Ambrosianæ, Noctes, No. XXIV. 211– No. XXV. 490-No. XXVI. 737 American Ornithology, review of Wilson's, 661
Anspach, Margravine of, remarks on an article concerning her in the New Month- ly Magazine, 470
Appointments and promotions, military, 99, 234, 620, 760
Aristodemo, review of Monti's tragedy of, 173
Atlantes, the island of, 87
Auto-biography of Mansie Wauch, tailor -The bloody business, 76-My first and last play, 347 The barley-fever and rebuke, 574
Axel, a popular Swedish poem, free trans- lation of, 184
Balmaquhapple, the great muckle village of, a song, 739
Bankruptcies, list of British, 236, 623, 763 Birds, observations on, 105-Introductory remarks, ib.-The blackbird, 106-The thrush, 107-The starling, 108-The grey lintie, 109--A confession of first love, ib.British song-birds, 110-Re- marks on confining birds in cages, 111 Births, 102, 239, 625, 764
Bismark, Count, and his works, remarks on, 590
Blackwood's Magazine, observations on re-
marks upon it in the French Globe, 205 Brockman, Will, a smuggler, history of,
Buccleuch, Duke of, songs on his birth
day, by the Ettrick Shepherd, 217 Byron papers, remarks on the, 335
Charades, acted ones, 558
Christmas gifts, remarks on various publi- cations intended for, 80
Church of England, remarks on the present state, and probable future prospects of the, 36-On the use of the word "Tri- nity," ib.-On the titles bestowed upon the King, 37-On the mode of adminis- tering the Lord's Supper, 38-On Bap- tism, ib.-The burial service, 40-Ex- tracts from the book of canons, 41-Re- marks on these, 42
Clapperton and Denham's travels in Africa, review of, 687
College, a wedding at, 550 Cook and Housewife's Manual; by Mrs Margaret Dods, of the Cleikum Inn, St Ronans, remarks on the, 651
Corn markets, 37, 232, 617, 757 Cottages, observations on, 241--Contrast between a town house in Heriot-row, and a cottage in the country, ib.-Comforts of a cottage to a family from town, 242 --Smoke, creepers, ib.--Moths, beetles, rats, mice, &c. 243-Cattle, ib.-Bees, damp, 244-Comforts of sleeping in a cottage, 245-Béauties of a bona fide cottage, 246-Cottage of Hill-foot; the schoolmaster and his wife, 248-Cottage of Windy-knowe, the gudewife and her three daughters, 250-The Rowan-tree hut, Aggy Robinson the carrier, 251- Cottage of the Seven Oaks and its wret- ched inmate, ib.-Cottage of the Broom, Gabriel Adamson and Alice Gray, 252 -Leaside cottage; Adam Airlie the elder and his family, 254-Highland cottages, 256-Blind Donald Roy, 257 --Address to a wild-deer, 258-West- morland cottages, 264
Country Curate, the, Chap. I. The poach- er, 5-Chap. II. 9-Chap. III. 13- Chap. IV. The shipwreck, 137-Chap. V. The fatalist, 143-Chap. VI. The smugglers, 529
Dead girl, to the picture of, 88 Deaths, 103, 239, 627, 765 Denham and Clapperton's Discoveries in Africa, review of, 687 Devil's walk, the, 136
Diary of an old citizen, excerpts from the, 272
Distress, public, observations on the, 429 Dods, Meg, remarks on her System of Cookery, 651
Dramatic powers of the author of Waver- ley, on the, 152
Dramatic criticism, on cant in, 197 Dream, remarkable one, 736 Duke Phranza the regicide, 344
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